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LD 1549 Title Page An Act to Protect the Riparian Rights of Owners of Rockweed, Seaweed and Other ... Page 2 of 2
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§1, ¶C-1 is enacted to read:

 
C-1.__"Marine-related property" means seaweed, rockweed,
marine vegetation, stones, gravel, ore or property of any
kind on intertidal land.

 
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 585, §3,
is further amended to read:

 
A. Cut down, destroy, damage or carry away any forest
product, ornamental or fruit tree, agricultural
product, stones, gravel, ore, goods or property of any
kind from land not that person's own; or

 
Sec. 3. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 450, §2,
is amended to read:

 
C. Disturb, remove or destroy any lawfully established
transit point, reference point, stake, plug, hub,
guardstake, bench mark, pipe, iron, concrete post, stone
post or other monument of any railroad, highway, public
utility or other engineering location or survey or any such
monument marking the bounds of public or private property.;
or

 
Sec. 4. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§2, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__Cut down, harvest, destroy, injure or carry away any
marine-related property from intertidal__land not that
person's own.

 
Sec. 5. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§3, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__When marine-related property has been cut down,
harvested, destroyed, injured or carried away, the owner may
recover as damages the value of the lost property.

 
Sec. 6. 14 MRSA §7552, sub-§4, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 585, §3,
is amended to read:

 
C. In addition to the damages recoverable under paragraphs
A and, B or D, a person who violates subsection 2 is also
liable to the owner for the costs the owner may incur if the
violation results in a violation of any federal, state or
local law or ordinance and, as a result, the owner becomes
the subject of an enforcement proceeding. These costs
include attorney's fees, costs and the value of the owner's
time spent on involvement in the enforcement proceeding.


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